I installed SpiceWorks hopping for a free and easy way to check out info about devices installed in my environment without having to involve a major project implimentation, dollars, etc.

Thus far the app has done what I need it to do, but at a snails pace. IE looking up a device in the inventory can take 2-5+ minutes to bring up the item.

This could be a problem on my end, or just a limitation due to the fact that it has checked in 2640 devices. (PCs, printers, terminals, phones, switches, etc)

The database is about 80mb on the machine it is hosted on. It is a Dual Xeon Workstation with 3.06Ghz processors and 2GB of RAM. It is also my daily use machine as well. My version is the latest it asked me to upgrade to last week. Also the app runs on port 9675 due to a prior web app using 80.

I know the old addage is that you get what you pay for... but is there something I can do to make the faster? Or as I read here and there, I am just lucky that it runs with that many devices?

Spiceworks runs best on networks with 500 devices or fewer, but many customers say it works great in the 1000 device range. 2600 devices, however, is much more than it was designed for.

You can do something to help, though. Much of the delay you're experiencing is in the browser (IE6 = horribly slow, IE7 = not much better), so you can give yourself a leg up by switching to Firefox (which we officially support), or Chrome (which we don't officially support, but seems to work fine and is faster than Firefox). There should be a noticeable speed improvement after you switch. Not sure how close it'll get you to compared to a Spiceworks install with only 500 devices, but it should help.

Spiceworks runs best on networks with 500 devices or fewer, but many customers say it works great in the 1000 device range. 2600 devices, however, is much more than it was designed for.

You can do something to help, though. Much of the delay you're experiencing is in the browser (IE6 = horribly slow, IE7 = not much better), so you can give yourself a leg up by switching to Firefox (which we officially support), or Chrome (which we don't officially support, but seems to work fine and is faster than Firefox). There should be a noticeable speed improvement after you switch. Not sure how close it'll get you to compared to a Spiceworks install with only 500 devices, but it should help.